over the past few weeks, America has been visiting the store he never even thought would set foot at, his reason was only one and it was simple, really
to get to know the russian male and what he's feeling around him
America decided he would take a day off from regularly visiting the shop and instead going to an amusement park with Canada, he of course asked all of his brothers, sadly Australia had much work to do and New Zealand was at the hospital after a bad accident — he and his family visited him of course — so he was left all alone with Canada
"what do you wanna try first? roller coaster?" America suggested, pointing at the roller coaster that was soaring high and falling down, causing screams to erupt
"nah, we should try that thing first" Canada pointed at the ride that was tall and had chairs spinning in the air "alright" America shrugged and walked towards the long line
"this is gonna take us forever" Canada sighed "maybe we should–" before Canada could finish his sentence, a hand tapped his shoulder "hey Canada! fancy meeting you here" Ukraine turned around, also waiting on the long line just infront of Canada
"Ukraine, hey! were you going to try that ride?" asked Canada "yeah of course, i wanted to invite– hey America!" — he waved at him — "America but he said he had other plans, so i asked my brother instead, turns out this was your 'other plans' huh?" Ukraine chuckled
"Ukraine this is hopeless– oh hey Canada, America" Russia turned around and waved at the two, America felt his cheeks flush "hey Russia" Canada greeted him, while America just waved at his direction
"do you two wanna come with us? the more the merrier" Ukraine suggested "sure, i don't see why not" Canada shrugged "we'd like to" America added
the four countries walked around the amusement park and laughed with eachother, pointing at rides — and if given the chance — trying them out
due to long lines and them not wanting to wait, they were only able to go on a few, they had more time taking pictures than going on rides
"need food... exhausted..." America panted and collapsed on his brother "don't be a drama queen! get off of me– quick, quick– the first aid kit– it's in my backpack, grab it– thanks Ukraine– CLEAR" Canada ripped opened the bag of chips Ukraine handed him
"i-is he gonna be okay?" Russia asked, not at all used to this, Ukraine turned around and looked at his brother, deadpanning "he always does this", America sat up gasping and tore the chips like an animal, Canada got off of the ground and patted his clothes
"chips aren't going to do much, let's go find a cafe or something before anything dramatic happens, again" Canada rolled his eyes and grabbed his brother off of the ground
they arrived shortly infront of a small cozy, yellow themed cafe, with pots of flowers hanging from the ceiling, giving the cafe an earthy feeling, a map of the world were hung up on one of the walls too, there was a fireplace in the middle of the cafe, on top of it stood the portrait of the founder, her name was carved under the portrait, it was peeling off, so all people could read was Helg lepuff
they chose their spot while Russia went ahead and ordered them drinks, once he came back, he took the spot next to Ukraine and handed them all their orders
Russia couldn't help but to zone out of the conversation they were having, and putting all of his focus to America, he didn't know why or what made the other boy seem so interesting to him
America was just about his age, which would mean the American would need a job to continue living, over the past few weeks, the thought of asking America what his job was hadn't even crossed his mind until now. he and Canada worked at Buzzhop, the name of the vintage store close to America's apartment, Ukraine worked as a barista, but what was America's job? wait, why was he so interested?
"...Russia what do you think?" Ukraine turned to look at his brother "what do i think about what?" Russia asked, looking at all of them with confused faces
all three of them laughed, and Russia couldn't help but notice America's constant behavior of taking his sunglasses off if he wanted to laugh, —perhaps scared it'd fall off his face— , he's not complaining, really, he'd like to see the other's eyes more, how it crinkled when he laughed– Russia shook his head, clearing his mind of those thoughts, he convinced himself that they were just friends, and those were just friendly thoughts, right?
"America needs a job and he's stuck between working at McDonalds or Burger King" Canada explained, still chuckling "fast food restaurants?" Russia turned to look at America "what? break time would be amazing! i can cook myself a burger!" America chuckled, his sunglasses covering his eyes yet again
"America i keep telling you, painting is your thing, i've seen your painting before, i absolutely love it, and i'm willing to bet a lot people would, too" Ukraine groaned
so this was what they were discussing, finding a job for America, what a coincidence, he was just thinking about that.
Russia thought for a bit, and said "can i see your painting?" America looked taken aback, his cheeks were pink "what? but it's terrible you wouldn't want to see it" he chuckled nervously
Canada grinned, he took out his phone and started scrolling randomly "i took a pic– it's the painting with a cabin and a forest beside it, looks wonderful– someone please hold America back– America get OFF OF ME– AMERICA I– thanks Russia, here" Canada showed Russia the picture, at this rate, America stopped struggling under Russia's grasp, he wanted to claw his brother's face off, but Russia was much more stronger than him
he was completely amazed, the cabin had fire coming out of the chimney, the shadow of a gigantic looking person was shaded so beautifully on the cabin's window, the forest looked dark and old, giving a scary feeling to it, the scenery was nighttime, and the stars were scattered around the sky
"America, this is amazing, i don't know what you mean by it's terrible, people would pay you to have this hung up on their wall" Russia chuckled "you'd do great as an artist" Canada added "everyone in this table agrees" Ukraine added a little more to it
America looked at his hands, his cheeks were flushed a crimson red "fine fine, if you insist, i'll be a painter then" America shrugged and sipped on his latte
"see? we'll help you set things up for your work since we're the ones who forced you to do it, we'll rent a place first, small and cozy, decorate it as best as we can, and hang the paintings on the wall, with the price tag" Canada planned, looking at the three for approval or agreement
"i'll find a place to rent" Russia shrugged "i'll buy decorations" Ukraine raised his hand "and i'll decorate it" Canada finished "you guys– this is too much i–" America was close to tearing up "thanks" he mumbled
"didn't think i'd live to hear you say 'thanks'" Canada chuckled "that's what friends are for, i'm sure you're gonna do the same thing when one of us gets in trouble, right?" Ukraine patted his best friend's back "hm? oh yeah, of course of course" America smirked
Russia rolled his eyes playfully and threw paper towels at America "don't a be a prick, we're doing all we can to help you and that's what we get in return?" Russia smiled "don't throw paper towels at me, and yes that's what you guys get in return" America picked up the paper towels and threw them back at Russia, Canada and Ukraine, they had much fun throwing paper towels at eachother until they got kicked out.
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pretty stranger - rusame
FanfictionAmerica never really cared about the vintage CD selling store just a few blocks from his apartment, it never really seemed to catch his eye, he never even knew one of his brothers worked there though on a day like any other, Ukraine decided that the...
